Factors associated with caesarean deliveries among child-bearing women in Pakistan: secondary analysis of data from the Demographic and Health Survey, 2012–13

Table 3 Adjusted odd ratios for multivariable logistic regression of factors independently associated with among women aged 15–49 years^a

Variables	AOR	95% CI	p-value³
Mother’s age at birth (years)
Less than 18	1
18–20	1.134	0.866–1.485	0.360
21–24	1.479	1.161–1.884	0.002
More than 24	1.883	1.452–2.438	< 0.001
Children birth order
More than 6	1
1	1.208	0.909–1.606	0.193
2–3	1.282	0.959–1.713	0.093
4–5	0.901	0.656–1.239	0.523
Mother’s education
No education	1
Primary	1.047	0.808–1.358	0.727
Middle	1.018	0.749–1.385	0.908
Secondary	1.164	0.889–1.524	0.270
Higher	1.268	0.966–1.666	0.088
Mother’s occupation
Not working	1
Unskilled	1.003	0.753–1.337	0.983
Skilled	0.786	0.506–1.222	0.285
Professional/Technical/Managerial	1.018	0.686–1.511	0.930
Wealth index
Poorest	1
Poorer	0.974	0.652–1.455	0.896
Middle	1.026	0.692–1.520	0.898
Richer	1.330	0.894–1.979	0.159
Richest	1.588	1.036–2.435	0.034
Type of residence
Rural	1
Urban	1.043	0.789–1.166	0.675
Region
Islamabad Capital Territory	1
Punjab	1.911	1.457–2.506	< 0.001
Sindh	1.428	1.072–1.903	0.009
KPK	0.647	0.468–0.896	< 0.001
Baluchistan	0.376	0.228–0.622	< 0.001
Gilgit Baltistan	0.432	0.278–0.670	< 0.001
Pregnancy complication
No	1
Yes	1.307	1.107–1.545	0.002
Antenatal care utilization
None	1
1–3	1.522	0.985–2.354	0.059
More than 4	2.811	1.823–4.333	< 0.001
Place of delivery
Public	1
Private	1.052	0.883–1.254	0.570

Abbreviations: 1 reference category, AOR adjusted odds ratio, CI confidence interval
³By using Χ² test
^aMultivariate logistic regression analysis was carried out to obtain AOR after entering all the independent variables simultaneously that were significant at level 0.05 in binary analysis

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